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A High Throughput Screen for Biomining Cellulase Activity from Metagenomic Libraries
Published on: February 1, 2011
Complete genome sequence of the cellulose-degrading bacterium Cellulosilyticum lentocellum
David A Miller1, Garret Suen, David Bruce
1Department of Microbiology, 157B Wing Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Journal of Bacteriology
|March 15, 2011
Abstract:
Cellulosilyticum lentocellum DSM 5427 is an anaerobic, endospore-forming member of the Firmicutes. We describe the complete genome sequence of this cellulose-degrading bacterium, which was originally isolated from estuarine sediment of a river that received both domestic and paper mill waste. Comparative genomics of cellulolytic clostridia will provide insight into factors that influence degradation rates.

